Griggs courier., 1887-09-16
- Int Hays, the oratort : occasion
spoke; Gem y James "A. Ashley ils0 spoke.

iasAt Hays the orator. occasion
spoke; t'sn! ames "A. Ashley als6 spoke.
A jacksonville Fla, special toS the News
Herald from New Smyrna says that Lizzie
Abbott, aged eleven Years, committed sui
eide there. Her mother returning from q
brief absence, found the child dying. She
admitted taking strychnine, and said!
go to papa" There is no cause known for
the act other than a morbid II mind. al
A AFConnelisvilie, Pa.,s coke operator says
the operators will present their ultimatum,
| to the men at the wages conference soon,
and il the scale be not signed there viii be
q strike. The workmen expect an advance,
hut the operators will not pay more than
the present wages. lsi4y s'g7
Phillip Scembs, "a baker of louisville,
KY, committed suicide while in jail by cut
ting his throat and the main artery Of his
| lett arm with q tin buck get, Schembss wife
is now in Europe after d legacy left her by
her father. Ills suicide is the result Of
drunkenness. taat ss.ft$
| Gen. Crook has returned to Omaha, and
says Colorow IS on the reservation, and for
the present at least, all trouble is over. The
only difference, now is, he says, in regard
to the restitution to the Indians of the
horses and cattle stolen BY cowboys and
other men. 'sa 'sa
The two Canadian convicts who escaped
from the Kingston. Ont, penitentiary in a
yacnt, landed near Oswego, n. Y, and
have disappeared.
A Canadian vessel has been seized by the
American authorities at Suspension Bridge,
n. T., for carrying passengers contrary to
law. .yS Am
The Augusta, Ga, authorities have
suppressed the exhibition Of the Passion
play by negro troupe as sacrilegious.
Pigman and Perry, OF the Rowan County,
KY, vendetta, were acquitted of the charge
Of killing Craig Tolliver.
Fires and Casualties. l.s-s, T.
The business portion Of Calico, village
in Southern California. was burned. Loss,
.S75, 900 to 100000.
At Somerset, KY, the machine shops Of
the Barren Fork Coal company were burned
Loss over SlO0.OUO.
The Pennsylvania railroad's new round
house, machine shops, five locomotives and
six tanks at the Lewiston, Pa. Junction
were destroyed by fire. Loss $65,O9O.
Odilen Menard, his wife and baby were
struck by train when driving across the
track at Salem, Mass. The man and child
were killed and the woman, it is thought,
fatally injured. Fa's
At Nedmore, Tenn, the floor of an up
per room used for church crushed down
l3 feet from the weight of the audience.
About ~ persons were hurt, few seriously
Fire destroyed the Roaring Springs, Pa,
blank book factory building and wareroom,
with all the machinery, stocks, books, and a
large quantity of paper; also wagon manu-
factory. Loss about $35, 600; insurance. SI2,-
600.
The business portion and several resi-
dences'ot the village of Newbury, Ontario,
has been destroyed by fire, John Wells was
SO seriously burned that he will probably
die Loss, 250,OOO; insurance unknown.
Fifty families are houseless. r,,r g ass
At Montreal, Canada, Henry Porter's ex-
tensive tannery and five adjoining tene-
ment houses were burned to the ground.
No lives were lost although many people
had narrow escapes Twenty-six families
are homeless. The total loss is estimated at
$20O,U00.
At Patterson, N. j., fire started in the
Joseph jackson silk mill, part of the
Grant Locomotive works building, and was
communicated to every part of the build
ing. OF the Grant works nothing remains
but the erecting shop, the foundry and
part of the new machine shop. The loss is
$150,0UO.
Editor O'Brien has been placed under ar.
rest at Dublin for refusing to stop speaking
and declining to agree not to visit London.
He said $50 long as there is breath in my
body my voice will not be silent until / am
gagged. ! am proud to suffer for Mitchell
town. When in Kingstown was told that
would not be arrested if did not under
take to go to England. That shows that
the government is beginning to dread us in
England"
At Dealsville, Ala, a negro woman locked
her four children, the eldest 8 years of age,
in her cabin. and went to church. When
she returned the cabin was on. fire. The
piteous walls from the little ones within,
when roasting to death, were still audible,
but nothing could be done to e1tricate them
from the flames, as the roof of the house
had fallen in upon them. When the flames
had spent their fury the charred remains of
all four of the children were found in the
debris.
At Rushville, Ind, two destructive fires
occurred in one day burning two dwellings
entire, damaging others and destroying
several barns and the old woolen mills, con.
tanning machinery to the value of about $4O,-
600. There was no insurance on anything.
The fire started in a stable belonging to
startali hv itrs r,re VIII v;ow ~ hmr.i -,